and. so far it has been a success. >> this part of town is popular and there is a lot of people coming and going. people are trying to save as much as they can because they do not know how long they will be out of work. >> other businesses are picking up on this idea. helping those get by who have nothing coming in right now. >> hopefully we are praying it is short but however long it is, we will happily give the first ring to anyone who is a federal employee out of work. >> the story of tough times for small businesses is being told over and over again around the state and areas around aberdeen proving ground and fort meade. according to business owners, the tell us if this lasts more than a week it will be downright devastating. are tons of small businesses in that area. the shut down has spread to social media as well. you can see the dozens of twitter accounts that have stopped tweeting and what they were saying on wbal-tv.com.

click on slide shows. >> you have probably read one of his books or seen a movie based on one of his books. baltimore neighbor -- native tom clancy died on tuesday. for more on his life and career, we go to kim dacey live in federal hill. is survived by his wife, five children, and several grandchildren. he lived in maryland all his life and those who knew him are remembering him. a piece of steel. >> his books are wildly popular, selling tens of millions of copies around the world and author tom clancy died tuesday at the age of 66. >> he was a master storyteller. and one of the great storytellers of our time. or of any time. >> tom clancy was born in baltimore in 1947 to middle- class parents. his dad was a mailman. he graduated from oil of lakefield high school and went colleg.ya loyola

he got married and went into the insurance business. >> he was an insurance salesman and he had the temerity based on an english teacher at loyola high school, he had the temerity to think he could write. and so he put it together in a book. >> his first test seller "the hunt for red october" was published in 1984 and the rest as they say is history. his popularity skyrocketed but he continued to live in maryland and was known for keeping a low profile. >> he was a man of few words. ,e seemed every time i saw him at least in casual settings, he was always wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses. >> his friends saw a different side of him. clancy was like many of the heroes in his books. >> most of these heroes and certainly tom had this wonderful soft side and nobody ever heard about it.

aw-id his thing in an shucks sort of way. >> he gave millions of dollars for pediatric answer research to hospitals in baltimore. he was a baltimore in through and through. he loved the orioles and was invested in the community where he raised five children and now stephen hopes his legacy will be remembered here now that he is gone. >> he considered this his home in the place he wanted to have an impact. and he did. >> his latest novel is due out in december and another movie based on another novel is set to pen on christmas day. >> baltimore city police announced another public enemy number one, christopher troy goode. he is wanted for stabbing to death his children's mother. she was stabbed multiple times

on september 12. she remains in critical but stable condition. e is said to be armed and extremely dangerous. if you have information, contact metro crimestoppers. a dozen people are without a home after a partial building collapse in baltimore city. that happened around 730 p.m. last night on the dash in southwest baltimore. it was a vacant row home that started to crumble and it compromised the buildings on either side. no word on what caused the damage or how long it will take for residents to be allowed back inside. >> a police officer was involved in a deadly shooting this morning. it happened in cap attend at 2 a.m. someone called 911 reporting they heard a woman screaming for someone to get off her. when police arrived the male suspect tried to run. after brief chase the man and the officer were involved in some sort of confrontation which led the officer to open fire,

striking and killing the suspect. the woman was injured but she is expected to be ok. there is no word on whether the deceased suspect was armed. $189 millionke up 18 richer. >> we tried to track them down and anne arundel county. we will have a full report. >> the government shut down extends to college athletics. and air forcenavy later in sports. >> warm temperatures and dry weather for now but there are changes in >> we are following breaking

news, reports the vehicle has struck a building. captain roy taylor and sky team 11. >> this is westbound pulaski highway in baltimore county where police are on a single vehicle crash. it looks like a restaurant that is not open as of yet. the tow truck has just arrived on the scene. as soon as we get more information we will a you know. you know. >> one lucky person is $189 million richer. robhat is where we find roblin.

have people been coming in wondering if they were the one? >> they have been coming and trying to meet the one who have bought the ticket. he bowler curious, trying to find out who bought it. but it not know the guy is one of his regular customers, that is all the indications are right now. whoever has it, they are rich. >> you have it> >> i don't. if i had it i would be jumping up and down right now. >> the sign tells the story. someone is a mega millions winner. what is this lucky person going to take home? >> $86 million. >> no one has come forward but the owner think it might be one of his regular customers.

you think it is a regular customer? >> i think so. most of the time i have regular are repeat90% customers. >> when was it bought? >> yesterday. someone got it from here. always wisend tickets here but he did not last night. >> he spent $100 in lottery tickets one day and he came home and i was so angry. i said we do not have an extra $100 for you to spend on lottery tickets. he said i had a feeling it would hit. buy the ticket. >> he did not spend one dollar for one time. >> this is the second maryland mega millions winner this year and it means a lot of money for the state and the store owner. a our retailer will get $100,000 commission for selling that winning ticket and the state of maryland will get $11.3 million from the taxes from selling that ticket.

>> the person or persons with that winning ticket have 182 days to claim their prize. >> a verdict has been reached in the michael jackson wrongful death trial but it is not yet been announced. his family is suing concert live for hiring dr. is personaly as physician. the verdict is supposed to be read in 15 minutes. .tay tuned for nbc nightly news that begins after this newscast> . >> 86 degrees at bwi marshall airport. that is a warm summerlike day in early october. three degrees from tying the high of 1989 going back to 1986. the low was almost down to freezing in 1990 seven when we dropped to 35 degrees.

86 for the high-end 64 the low. the temperatures are 10 or 15 degrees above normal. that is the pattern for the next couple of days until a friend can come through early next week. 81 in westminster. chestertown at 81. the skies are mostly clear around the region. no storms to concern ourselves with tonight but mostly clear and unseasonably mild. a town will slip below 74 the low tonight. 56 in the coolest of the suburbs and the winds are light and variable through most of the night. high pressure is sitting over the carolinas. even with showers breaking out west of the high pressure cell, muggy air is coming out of the gulf and that will increase our rain chances, at least some spotty showers on friday afternoon. a big friend to the west does not look that impressive with the temperatures plotted here but in some of the higher elevations of montana emma wyoming, and colorado, winter

storms and watches are out tonight. maybe causing some power outages with upwards of a foot of heavy, wet snow in parts of the northern rockies. we are on the warm side of this weather pattern. another warm and muggy day tomorrow. we will see some spotty showers breaking out in the heat of the afternoon trade mainly to the west of us friday. saturday a sunny day and on sunday, that front out west makes its approach and our rain chances will be increasing here by sunday night into monday but until then emma it is kind of a --ical summary pattern summery pattern. winds out of the east at five to 10 knots. in the mountains, temperatures at 75 degrees is pretty warm. eastern shore locations, 84 tomorrow, maybe a 20% chance of a shower on friday. at the coast, same scenario with

warm temperatures and partly cloudy skies. we still have tropical storm jerry but that is not evidence -- much of a threat to anybody. this is a tropical wave but it might he come tropical storm karen as it makes its way up the eastern seaboard. close to a sunday night into monday. the storm is beginning to develop an it looks like this will become tropical storm karen and moved generally in this direction. 84 tomorrow, 83 on friday. still in the 80's on saturday. i risk of showers and perhaps some rain with tropical downpours on monday and tuesday. much focus on the ravens offense. working out the final semantics on the trade to make him a new left tackle. the defense was hardly an innocent bystander to the loss of buffalo. teamnning amount for the

that ranks fourth in the nfl against the rush. life far too simple for a rookie quarterback. likelihood the ravens bounceback is pretty strong. look at the difference at week one to week two. >> anything that is very [inaudible] that happens to us, we respond to it quickly. we gave up some things that we do not normally do. we have got to get back to being ourselves and doing what we do best. leads government shutdown to far more serious issues than whether or not a college football game is off the and navybut air force said to play. conflicting reports make that matter worse. the official twitter account twitted we will see you this saturday at 11:30 a.m.

espn reported the game will take place as well. the academy deleted the tweet saying it was erroneous and no decision has been made about the game. remains and we will keep you updated. the postseason began in unfamiliar territory. the pirates without a winning season since 1992 back in the playoffs and like the orioles last season following, they made good. facing cincinnati in an atmosphere just like last october at camden yards, awesome. jairus blasted the reds 6-2. a pair of home runs ending on a seven-game losing streak. pittsburgh gets a crack at another rival, st. louis. the best-of-five division series begins thursday and it is the al wild-card. tampa bay at cleveland. of thethe last 10 games regular season earning the right to host the wild-card.

tampa bay sent alex cobb to the mound and he has been brilliant down the stretch. scoreless against the yankees. cleveland counters with danny salazar. he began the season in double-a and now pitches in and nomination game tonight. first pitch 8:05 p.m. stay with us, one more check of the forecast with tom after this.

>> is it possible that a meeting between the president and congressional leaders break the deadlock? this guy did the unthinkable. stabbed his children's mother 10 times. more on the hunt for the man considered armed and dangerous. >> rain is in the forecast.

>> we have a chance for a couple of isolated showers but the significant rain could come in sunday night. we need some rain. maybe monday or tuesday of next week would be good. >> thanks for joining us. nbc nightly news is next. see you back at 11. >> have a great evening. [captioning made possible by co

on our broadcast tonight, high stakes. a late meeting tonight at the white house. the president and congressional leaders face to face and americans increasingly fed up. fatal crash. a church bus collided with a tractor-trailer. there are many dead and uh

injured. a tragedy on the highway in tennessee. the takedown. a major bust by the fbi. heroin, cocaine and murder for hire. they say all available on one easy to access website. and the chase. news tonight about the video getting so much attention. the scary scene on a new york road repeat ed across the country. and the death of one of the best selling authors of all time. "nightly news" begins now. good evening. they are talking tonight in washington, but nothing is moving. the shutdown continues. so does the anger across this country and the frustration with congress. the president expressed his exasperation at the defiance in washington. it is where we begin again tonight with nbc's chuck todd in the briefing room of the west

wing. we are still expect ed to hear the president tonight. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. i guess the good news is they are still talking in there. it is the four congressional the leaders -- speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi, mitch mcconnell and meeting in there. the staff are not in there. theet meetings in the past haven't led to a lot of breakthroughs when you have bipartisan bicameral. the president spoke with john harwood today. what was interesting in the interview, brian, is he had a bit of a warning to wall street about how the government shutdown is related to the debt ceiling issue that will hit in three weeks. take a listen. >> wall street has been calm about this. is that the right way to look at it? >> no. this time is different. they should be concerned. when you have a situation in which a faction is willing potentially to default on u.s.

government obligations, then we are in trouble. if they are willing to do it now, they will be willing to do it later. >> reporter: so we'll see. that's the message in there. the president says he's willing to talk, but not negotiate on anything until the government is re-opened. then he's willing to have a larger discussion on the budget. we'll see what speaker boehner thinks of that. >> chuck todd in the briefing room toont tonight. the president exasperated at all of this. the ripple of this, the impact being felt across the country by millions of americans in all walks of life. nbc's john yang with a few of many examples tonight. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> reporter: callers to wcco's chad hartman show in minneapolis didn't hold back. >> who are you most upset with? >> i definitely blame the republicans. >> i blame this completely on

the democrats. >> i am so ticked off at the tea party. >> reporter: on day two of the government shutdown, anger around the country rises as the impact spreads. at the national institutes of health outside washington, nearly three-quarters of the staff is on furlough. that means turning away about 200 patients a week for last resort medical treatment including 30 children, most of them cancer patients. the pain is being felt by more than just those who depend on government programs and federal employees. it is also affecting government contractors. josh and laura hail have five girls and zero pe pay. both are on furlough from wright patterson air force base. >> just because our paychecks stop doesn't mean bills stop. >> reporter: they are trying to recover from losing six days' pay each because of the sequester . >> even if we are reimbursed for time off, it's